Currency Coming and Going​

• On the mathematics and economics of the national bank note census (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• "Shirt money" of the Boer War (Bank Note Reporter, via Numismatic News).
• Saugatuck-Douglas History Center "attic" includes a Singapore note from 1837 (Holland Sentinel).
• Further indignities of the Scottish pound (The National).
• 9th Sharjah Stamp Exhibition includes currencies (Urdupoint News).
• Some letters to the editor (Numismatic News).
• Pancho Villa and his currency issues (Delaneyplace, via E-Sylum).
• Grading pre-star replacement notes by PMG (CoinNews).
• "Swiss Beauties" (Steven Bron).
• There are indeed "Z" serial numbers on Barbadian banknotes (NationNews). No need to panic (Barbados News).
• The evolution of Hong Kong's currency (South China Morning Post).
• The Federal Reserve orders more $2 notes (Coin World).
• Repurposing Calcutta's Currency Building (The Telegraph).
• Sudan's banknote shortage (The Daily Star). And here (Devdiscourse).And here (African News Network).
• The French banknotes of Luc-Olivier Merson (Numismag, in French).
• Visit the Deutsche Bundesbank's Money Museum! (Geldscheine-Online, in German).
• Military Payment Orders of the USA (Geldscheine-Online, in German).
• A propaganda note mocks the Triple Entente (Geldscheine-Online, in German).
• A report on Zurich's 47th International Coin Fair (Coinsweekly).
• A profile of the HVB Foundation's banknote holdings, and its origins in Albert Pick's collection (Coinsweekly).

        Albert Pick's collection formed the nucleus of the HVB Foundation (Coinsweekly)

                    New Banknote Issues

• More on the Royal Bank of Scotland's celebration of Kate Cranston (Coin World).
• Canada's new Viola Desmond note enters circulation (CBC).
• Northern Ireland's switch to polymer (Secura Monde).
• More on the forthcoming British  £50 (Coin World). Why that scientist should be a woman (Scitech Europa).
• Guinea (Conakry) to issue new 10,000 and 20,000 franc banknotes (Africa Tribune, in French).
• Details about Zambia's new "enhanced" Kwacha denominations (Bank of Zambia). And a shorter summary here (MRI Bankers' Guide).
• Guernsey to issue commemorate note for the centenary of the Great War (States of Guernsey). And here (Banknote News).
• Honduras's new 50 lempira note (Banknote News).
• Venezuela issues 200 bolivares soberanos with different security thread (EP Mundo, in Spanish).